Visual Artist الفنان التشكيلي

March 2, 2016June 16, 2016

The Dark Age of Muslim World العصر المظلم من العالم الإسلامي

ARTICLE – Illustration for

MIT Technology Review Pakistan

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It is a well-known fact that 1.6 billion Muslims contribute a disproportionately smaller share to the world’s knowledge. This global community – forming the majority population of 57 countries and spanning virtually every single country of the world – has had only three Nobel laureates in science in the history of this prestigious prize. The number of universities from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries in the top 500 universities of the world is only a little better than that.

Clichés aside, there is a widely shared view that science in the Muslim world is significantly lagging behind the rest of the world. This view is partly based on indicators, such as global university rankings, research spending, researchers per million people, performance of pre-university students etc. The causes of this bad performance and potential remedies are hotly debated.

In recent years, a number of Muslim-majority countries have made strong efforts, particularly with respect to directing scarce resources for improving science, in general, and universities, in particular, to change this status quo of decades, if not centuries, and it is important to see how effective these efforts have been.

Universities are the bedrock of a knowledge society. In the developed world, these have evolved over hundreds of years into institutions that specialize in creating and disseminating knowledge. In the Muslim world, particularly the Arab world, universities are a relatively recent phenomenon: three quarters of all Arab universities were established in the last 25 years of the 20th century.

We recently studied the status of universities in the Muslim world and found that while several countries have made progress, at least in terms of jumpstarting a culture of research and publishing, significant issues remain to be addressed. In particular, it has been found that science education at pre-university level fares worse in the Muslim world and there is little evidence that the situation improves when the young men and women join the……… Read More

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I was without direction. The meaning of life is hidden. My spirit was wandering around in the dark. I prayed to ALLAH to show me the path of truth and purity of essence. My quest ended when I put my soul in the Art World. I’m freely using all the techniques and medium of expression to paint life imbued with love and peace. Each brush stroke and employ the old and digital gear. I display the different shades of feelings and fantasies. It's just the beginning only a long journey ahead to be accomplished in Art World.
I’m a Professional Rising Artist from Pakistan working in Dubai and Lahore. Having more then 14 year of experience in an Art World. I enjoy working with different mediums on canvas and paper; especially Oil Paint, Watercolors, Inks, Gouache, Pastels and Acrylic. I also enjoy experimenting with different forms of Art, such as Portraits, Landscapes, Compositions, Sketches and Illustrations. I’m a Multi-Talented Artist who excels in the field of technology and the expression of ideas. Including Miniature Painting, inspired by Master Mahmoud Farshchian, Apart from that I also produced Fresco Paintings, Interior Art, Assist in the direction of Short Advertising and other Media businesses.
I think vision is the art of seeing which is invisible for others and when I’m working I feel like I’m touching my soul.